Gmoser said the Coxes left their adoptive son with the Butler County Children Services after years of caring for him.

“You can't take a child and send them back. There's no return address stamped on these children’s foreheads. The parents have to do their job, especially when it's a young child,” said Gmoser.

Gmoser said he rarely indicts a stand-alone misdemeanor but he had to step in on this case. He said he could not discuss the specifics of case but that abandoning a child was unacceptable.

“Let's face it, Christmas is not that far away, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Any child that is abandoned at this time of year, it has to tug at anybody's heartstrings and certainly mine. I'm in a position, fortunately, that I can do something about it,” said Gmoser.

The child was staying with a legal guardian who would not comment about the case Wednesday night, except to say, "Our legal system should not enable parents to wash their hands of the responsibility of parenting, no matter how difficult or inconvenient. Children should not be like items we buy at a store and simply return if they don't work the way we hoped. Parenting is not easy but it is not a responsibility we can quit from so easily."

Gmoser said upon conviction, the misdemeanor carries a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.

BUT FIRST... WHAT MAKES A FAMILY ADOPT A CHILD.. RAISE HIM FOR NINE YEARS... AND THEN GIVE HIM BACK? (LEADING THE WAY... ON AIR, ONLINE AND ON THE GO... NEWS FIVE AT 11 STARTS NOW...) ACCUSED OF ABANDONING THEIR 9-YEAR OLD SON! AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED... FOR A LIBERTY TOWNSHIP COUPLE WHO PROSECUTORS SAY.... RETURNED THEIR ADOPTED BOY.. YEARS LATER. GOOD EVENING, I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. AND I'M MIKE DARDIS. THE HUSBAND AND WIFE GAVE THEIR SON BACK TO BUTLER COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES. WLWT NEWS 5'S ALISON MONTOYA IS "LIVE"... WITH HOW THE BOY IS DOING TONIGHT. ALISON TONIGHT, THE NINE YEAR OLD IS IN CUSTODY OF AN APPOINTED GUARDIAN - WHO TELLS US - PARENTING IS NOT A JOB YOU CAN SIMPLY QUIT. NOW BOTH THE ADOPTIVE MOTHER AND FATHER ARE FACING A CRIMINAL INDICTMENT. (Michael Gmoser, Butler County Prosecutor) (You can't take a child and send them back, there's no return address stamped on these childrens foreheads, the parents have to do their job, especially when it's a young child.) BUTLER COUNTY PROSECUTOR MICHAEL GMOSER SAYS THIS INDICTMENT IS ABOUT HOLDING PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE.. LISA AND CLEVELAND COX ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE GIVEN BACK THEIR ADOPTIVE SON TO BUTLER COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES. (Michael Gmoser, Butler County Prosecutor) (It is important for me in cases of abandonment imposed on those who abandon their children, they can't do that without consequences.) GMOSER SAYS IT'S RARE THAT HE INDICTS MISDEMEANOR CASES BUT HAD TO STEP IN - AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THIS CASE. (Michael Gmoser, Butler County Prosecutor) (Let's face it Christmas is not that far away, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, any child that is abandoned at this time of year has to tug at anybody's heartstrings and certainly mine and I'm in a position fortunately that I can do something about it.) THE COX FAMILY LIVES IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP... AND ARE FACING A MISDEMEANOR "NON SUPPORT" CHARGE. GMOSER ISN'T SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHAT LEAD UP TO THIS - BUT IS CLEAR THAT CHILDREN NEED SUPPORT AT HOME. (Michael Gmoser, Butler County Prosecutor) (If you abandoned your child or your children when you have the means to take care of them especially, the means and the ability especially, and you abandoned them you may be getting a visit from the Butler County Sheriff with an indictment from the Butler County Prosecutor for abandonment.) IT'S UNCLEAR THE EXACT REASON WHY THE PARENTS HANDED THE CHILD OVER... BUT WE STOPPED BY THE LIBERTY TOWNSHIP HOUSE... AND THE PARENTS HAD NO COMMENT FOR US. MIKE. THE CHILD'S APPOINTED GUARDIAN SAID HE WOULD NOT GET INTO SPECIFICS IN THE CASE... BUT HE DID SAY OUR LEGAL SYSTEM SHOULD NOT ENABLE PARENTS TO WASH THEIR HANDS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTING NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT.